Atleast 11 houses were partially damaged due to a tornado in the Medakimbiya area in Galle yesterday (Nov 19), the Galle District Disaster Management Centre (DMC) office said.
The tornado had affected 74 persons, while uprooting several trees and also damaging three agricultural lands in the area, the Additional Director of the district office Major Induka Wickramasinghe said.
He noted that the DMC along with the Divisional Secretariat in the area will take steps to compensate the victims.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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